Fabric-roll holder



July 1, 1930. GRAHAM ETAL 1,768,682

FABRI G ROLL HOLDER Filed April 21, 1928 I j ATTORN EY Patented July 1, 1936 GEORGE GRAHAM AND ADOLPH C. HELMU'S, OF DOUGLASTON, NEW YORK FABRIG-RQLL HOLDER Application filed April 21,

The present invention relates to improvements in fabric-roll holders, that is to say to forms or frames upon which fabrics are wound for storage purposes.

The main object of the invention is to proride a casing-like form or cloth holder provided in one of its ends with an opening through which an envelop, containing sampics of the cloth or fabric wound upon the is said form, may be inserted into the form to be withdrawn when samples are to be furnished to a purchaser.

Another object of the invention is to generally simplify and improve construction of devices of this type.

A further object of the invention is to provide a form or fabric-holder of the character described which is simple in construction, efiicient in operation, durablein use and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or in other words, one which is not so difficult to make as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such a contrivance.

lVith these and other objects in View, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists he combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it be understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the sev eral parts and details of construction Wltlllll the scope of the the appended claim, without z: departing iroin the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Two of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly in section, of a fabric-holder constructed in accordance with the present invention, part of its covering being broken away in order to show the interior construction; Fig. 2 is an end View thereof; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to the one shown in Fig. 1 of a modified construction.

Referring now first to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, of the drawings, it will be noted that the 1928. Serial No. 271,907.

Over adjacent ends of the longitudinal mem-,

bers are fitted transverse end members 12. Each of these end members is in the form of a shell, including an end wall 13 and a continuous side wall 14, into one end of which each longitudinal member 10 is fitted. The

elements so far described may be united in any suitable manner, thereby forming an oblong frame. The entire frame is covered With some suitable fabric or paper, denoted by the numeral 15, to give the form or holder a finished appearance. As appears from the foregoing the form or holder constitues a casing, the longitudinal edges of which are rounded, as indicated at 16 (Fig. 3), to permit of proper winding of the cloth or fabric thereon.

In the end wall 13 of one of the shells is provided an oblong opening 17, through which is adapted to be inserted into the form or holder an envelop containing samples of the goods wound upon the fabric form.

The cloth or fabric may be wound upon and unwound from the form or holder without interfering with the sample containing envelop therein. The cloth bolts are stacked with theiropenings 17 exposed whereby convenient access may be had to the envelops, so that, when a sample is to be removed from an envelop in any one of the forms or holders, this can be done without removing the bolt of cloth from the stack.

The construction herein described is very simple. It is exceedingly rigid by reason of the fact that the ends of the longitudinal members 10 are inserted into shells which are, preferably, made of metal. It can be conveniently assembled. Preferably, first the wooden elements are united and the metallic shellsthen attached to the longitudinal frame members. After this the covering 15 is put in place. i

The modification illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings differs from the one above described only in that the frame is provided with a cardboard or like covering 18, before the covering 15 is mounted thereon. Otherwise the construction and operation of the elements are the same as those described in connection with Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, of the drawings.

What we claim is A cloth form in the shape of an oblong casing-like frame comprising two longitudinal frame members, two transverse frame members connecting said longitudinal frame members intermedlate their ends, two end members, each of said end members being in the form of a shell including an end wall and a continuous side wall, adjacent ends of said longitudinal frame members being inserted into one of said shells with their end faces abutting against the end wall of said shell and with their end portions fitting against the inner faces of the continuous side wall of said shell, whereby said longitudinal frame members are prevented from spreading, and sheet material covering said frame, the end wall of one of said shells being provided with an oblong opening, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 16th day of March, A. D. 1928.

GEORGE GRAHAM. ADOLPH C. HELMUS. 

